Improvement in machines for finishing cloth



UNITED STATE/S,

FATENT @Erica DANIEL HUssEY, or NAsHU'A, NEw EAM'rsinEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FoP. FINIsI-IING CLOTH.

Spcciticaiion forming 'palt of Letters Patent No. 89,04% dated April 20, 1869.

.To all whom it may concern,.-

I journals rest in grooves in posts. The ad- Be it known that I, DANIEL HUssEY, of l vantage of this will be hereinafter set forth.

Nashua, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful or improved machine for smoothing or nishing cotton cloth or other fabric or yarn therefor; and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l denotes'a top view, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical and longitudinal section, of my said machine.

My invention consists of a machine, such as hereinafter described, for dampening yarn, cloth, and other fabric. cloth or yarn-is made to move faster than the surface of the dampening-roller. Vhile the cloth or yarn, as the case may be, is moved with a uniform velocity over the dampening roller, the latter, by means of its mechanism for revolving it, is to be run at amuch slower speed, which is to be varied from time to time as more or less moisture may be required. On light goods, or cloth of two ounces weight to the yard, the surface of the dampening-roller is to run only about one-fifteenth the velocity of the cloth, while with cloth weighing three times as much per yard the roller should run about one-seventh as fast as the cloth. Thus it will be seen that the fabric cannot take up or wipe off the water any faster than it is takenv up Yby the roller, the quantity of water so taken up vbeing somewhat in proportion to the speed of the roller. Consequently the water, as fast as taken up by the roller and delivered to the cloth, will be absorbed by it. By varying the speed of the cloth I can thus gain just the amount of dampeningof it that may be desirable and far better than I can by running the clothbetween rollers, one of which receives water from a trough or roller to wallow therein, and the other is forced down upon the cloth by the pressure of weights or springs. I have no pressure-roller over my dampeningroller, the cloth being bent a little at the place of contact therewith, and made to run lightly against it. My machine contains two rollers for supporting the cloth-,receiving roller, it being arranged between and so as to rest on them, and made without journals. It is held in place by another or heavy roller, whose In this machine the' In the drawings, A denotes the frame for supporting the operativeparts of the machine. From the two horizontal side bars two standards, B B, are jointed` and extend upward. These standards serve to support the roller or cylinder C, and a trough or reservoir, D, which partially surrounds the roller G. The said reservoir is to contain a sufficient amount of water to keep the surface of the cylinder wet when it is in revolution. The said roller may be made of wood or any other suitable substance, and, if desirable, may have its surface covered with cloth or other'absorbent material. One of the journals-viz., a-of the roller C extends through the standard'B, and has a grooved pulley, E,varranged on its outer end, as shown in Fig. I. An endless belt, F, extending around the periphery of this pulley, andthe journal II, (or a pulley disposed in the journaly of the driving drum or cylinder G, serves to impart rotary motion to the roller C when the driving-cylinder G may be put in revolution. The said cylinder may be revolved by means of the crank L, or by any suitable motor. For the purpose of support ing the cloth-beam I, I employ the said cylin der G and another cylinder, J,"each of which has a like diameter, is arranged parallel to the other, and has its journals properly supported in the frame-work of the machine. Each of the cylinders or drums GJ has aspurwheel or pinion, b or b, disposed on its rear journal, c or c', such pinions engaging with an intermediate gear, d, by which means the two drums, when in movement, are caused to re volve with a little speed. The said cloth-beam I, I usually form without journals, and dispose it in the bite of the drums G J, the pressure or weight of the roller K serving to keep it in The obj ect of so forming the cloth beam or roller is to enable it to be readily re moved from the machine when the desired amount of cloth has been wound upon it.'

j This may be done by raising the smoothingroller, when the cloth-beam, with the cloth, can be easily removed.

K is the smoothing or ironing roller. This roller Iusually construct of iron and of any de sirable diameter and weight, This roller is disposed directly over the cloth-beam and rests Y cylinders or drums G and J, thence to the c1oth-beam I, and carry it once around the same. If, now, power be applied to the driving-shaft, so as to cause the same to revolve,

all the rollers of the machine will be put in rotation, the cloth, passing first over the moistening-roller C, will be evenly moistened, and in passing from thence over the drums J and G will be partially smoothed or. freed' of wrinkles or ridges, while the roller K, adjust ing itself to the increasing thickness of the cloth on the cloth-beam, serves to iron out and give to the surface of the clothan even and a uniform surface.

I am aware of the subjects ofthe United Y States Patent N o. 32,759, and make no claim l thereto.

In carrying out my invention Isupport my cloth-roller I upon and between the two rollers J G, and thereby save the necessity of forming my journals to project from the ends of the roller I into the grooves d. This, besides saving the necessity of rst removing the roller K from the grooves d', in order to remove the roller I, enables the latter roller to be moved out from underneath the roller K or placed underneath it with great facility.` The arrangement and combination, therefore, of the pair of rollers J G with the trough D and its roller E. and the pressing-roller K are productive of new effects or economical results not incident to the employment of a single bed-*roller for the roller I to rest on, as is the case in the machine represented in the said patent.

I claim?- y The combination` and arrangement of two supporting-rollers, G J, with the dampeningroller C and trough D. the pressure-roller K, providedwith journals, arranged in grooves cZ-, and with the cloth-rollerI, unprovided with journals, the whole being operated, substantially as specified, so thatthe cloth shalltravel faster thanthe surface of the saiddampeningroller on whichitruns.

DANIEL HUSSEY.

'Witnesses:l

J. A. BALDWIN, WL P; Hussnv.V 

